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Anthemic
Comfort is a privilege, yet kindness and dignity, charity and compassion, are spirit-given rights and blessings, the seeded marrow and initiative of our soul’s turnings toward unequivocal light.
The Meaning of the Mob
(I wrote this piece, “The Meaning of the Mob,” over a decade ago, but felt moved to share, because words bridging action matter.) The Meaning of the Mob. I say, the Mob, meaning the Definitely Uncertain, Fixed—a liberal form of … Continue reading
Declaration Rites
When a nation becomes a paid advertisement for itself founding fathers turn over in their graves which they share with the ghosts of slaves whose chains they inherited on karmic loan.
A Love Supreme 2020
It is, here and now, a marvelous free bounty and blessed inheritance, this world of breath, our most vital resource and best friend, master to our disciple, and how clear must it become for us to not only see but … Continue reading
United We Stand
Photo by Zoe Zimmerman
George Floyd and Us
Here is a candle, a flagged token of light and trespass in the small hours for a man who is no longer with us, who, for eight minutes and forty-six seconds, desperately attempted to save his own life through bated … Continue reading
Masks
Excerpt from a novel-in-progress: It was in the year _______, that a maskless society had ceased to exist. A decision was made by people who made decisions of that nature (yes, the masks, the decision-making, the proper authorities, all this … Continue reading
Posted in Prose, Uncategorized
Tagged demasking is a crime, John Biscello, Masks, mirrors within, novel, Prose, reflection points, the faceless
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The Jackdaw and the Doll
In what has been an inspired harmonizing of words and art, and a storyscape richly carved out of light, shadows and dream-stuff, The Jackdaw and the Doll has been completed. This fable, penned by yours truly, and illustrated by pen-and-ink … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged Artwork, children's book, fable, franz kafka, izumi yokoyama, John Biscello, Prose, the jackdaw and the doll, winged wonder
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Taos Journal of Poetry and Art
I am honored to have two of my poems–“Anne Sexton” and “Sylvia Plath”–included in Issue #12 of the Taos Journal of Poetry and Art, which is now live. From the Mission Statement, by editor Robin Shawver: “This spring 2020, the world … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, photography, Poetry, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged Artwork, John Biscello, New Mexico, Poetry, Publications, Taos, taos journal of poetry and art
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